I watched a show on the OLN this weekend - I think it was called Water N' Woods - that had a video of one of the hosts (a female) bowhunting grizzlies (spot and stalk) in Alaska with a woman guide.

Although women hunters are growing in numbers, I thought these two ladies were quite a unique pair. It's not too many men that would dare to bowhunt a grizzly on the ground, much less send their wife out to try it. I don't know what the guide was carrying as a backup, but I woulda made damn sure I was confident that the rifle was what I'd deem to be "enough" before letting my sweetie skip off into the woods for grizzlies with nothing but a damn bow and arrow.

Anyway, the hostess missed at 57yds and the grizzly ran off. It was I'm sure a heart-thumping experience, and 57yds is pretty long for an accurate shot with your heart pounding.

Just thought y'all would find that interesting....

TXpitdog

P.S. - Even if she had hit it with a well-placed shot, would an arrow at 57yds have enough penetration to do the job?

TXpitdog
I've always considered 40yards as the outside distance that I'll take a shot with either a compound or a recurve. Both of my hunting bows (compound & recurve) are 55# and I'm shooting a 33" XX78 with a 125grn Zwickey Eskimo. My arrows weigh around 565grns which is a nice heavy hunting arrow.
Remember that mass is the same in an arrow as it is in a bullet.
I would imagine that the woman was probably hunting with a compound around 55-60# and at a woman's draw length of 26"-27" her arrow was probably not more that 370grns.
To begin with, she should never have take a 57yard shot. Her shot would have been marginal at 40yards with her equipment on a grizzly. She was an irresponsible hunter.

i saw that show ,it looked to me like the bear had come back to them for lunch. it coulda got interesting in a hurry had he charged them.i bet she needed to empty her pants when he spun around .

CaptJack,

More or less quoting You :

I've always considered 30yards as the outside distance that I'll take a shot with either a compound or a recurve. Both of my hunting bows (compound & recurve) are 65# and I'm shooting a 340 Easton with a 125grn Bear Razorhead. My arrows weigh around 600grns which is a nice heavy hunting arrow. I never ever tried to shoot beyond 30 yards. Beyond 22 yards I am feeling out of my depth.
She was an irresponsible hunter.